Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Reference Materials, Interactives & MediaDate Posted: 3/11/2009
This website will introduce students to four American women who succeeded in business during the twentieth century. Students can read about their lives and accomplishments, and learn about their careers through short biographies, timelines and interactive games. Each woman (Freda Diamond, Estelle Ellis, Dorothy Shaver, and Brownie Wise) was exceptional in many respects, and each achieved a degree of visibility in her field enjoyed by few other women.
Multiple activities, Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
Hattie Carnegie, one of a few female entrepreneurs in the early to mid-20th century, was born Hen...
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Author Betsy Hearne entertains readers with stories about seven generations of women in her famil...
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